Combined gas range and cooker.



H. B. GORNIS H'.

COMBINED GAS RANGE AND COOKER. APPLIOATIOH FILED JAN. 2. 1908.

Patented Apr. 13-, 1909.

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Patented Apr. 13, 1909.

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UNITED STATFE T HARRY B. OORNISH, OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, ASSIG-NOR,BY DIRECT AND MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, OF ONE-HALF TO P. G. REITER, OFMINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA.

COMBINED GAS RANGE AND COOKER.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARRY B. Conivrsn, of Minneapolis, IrIennepincounty, Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements ina Combined Gas Range and Cooker, of which the following is aspecification.

The obj ect of my invention is to provide a range and cooker in whichfood may be steamed, baked or broiled by means of one burner and theconsumption of a comparatively small amount of gas.

A further object is to provide a range and cooker which is simple andcompact in construction and easily accessible for cleansing purposes.

Other objects of the invention will appear from the following detaileddescription.

The invention consists generally in various constructions andcombinations, all as hereinafter described and particularly pointed outin the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, Figure1 is a vertical sectional view of a combined range and cooker embodyingmy invention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same, a portion of thewall being broken away. Fig. 3 is a sectional Fig. 4 is a detail view ofthe hot water coil located above the burner.

In the drawing, 2 represents the base of the range having a top 3 andshelves 4 on each side forming continuations of the top and providedwith burners 5. A floor 6 is provided within the base 2 whereon thebroiling oven 7 is mounted, said oven containing a series of shelves 8,9 and 10, accessible through the doors 11 and 12. walls of the broilingoven are separated from the outer Walls of the range, as indicated inFigs. 1 and 3, and a series of air intake holes 13 are provided in thelower walls of the range to admit air into the space beneath the floor6, and holes 14 are provided in said floor leading into the spacebetween the broiling oven and the range walls, and a series of holes 15are provided in the lower walls of the broiling oven communicating withthe s ace around the said oven. A circulation is t us maintained uparound the broiling oven and downwardly therein through the holes 15.

A burner 16 is located directly over the 0 en top of the broiling ovenand above the s elf 8 which serves as the broiler, being The -Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed January 2, 1903.

Patented April 13, 1909.

Serial No. 409,072.

located sufficiently near the burner for that purpose. Above the burnerand resting on the top 3 is a cooker having a wall 17 that coincidespreferably with the wall of the base 2. This cooker has a top 18provided vith a register A An opening 20 is provided in the top 3 overthe burner 16 and a baking oven 21 having shelves 22 and 2 therein isarranged over the opening 3.

Above the baking oven in the top of the cooker is a steaming oven 2having shelves 25 and 26 therein and a water tank 27 in its lowerportion provided "ith a cover 28 having a series of holes 2 therein.This cover is accessible through the door 30 and maybe removed. when itis desired to clean out the water tank.

A door 31 is provided in the lower portion or" the cooker through whichaccess may be had to the baking oven.

A hot water coil 32 is provided in the opening 20 with pipes 33 and 34leading vertically therefrom, the former 011 the outside of the cookercasing and the latter on the inside thereof, one extending into thelower portion of the water tank and the other into the upper portion.The pipe 33 has a needle valve 35 by means of which the iiow of waterfrom the tank ma y be closely regulated. A faucet 36 is connected to thepipe 34 so that whenever desired hot water may be obtained from the coilwithout the necessity of heating all the water in the tank. A faucet 36is provided in the lower portion of the water tank. The coil over theburner has a large heating surface and by means of the needle valve 35 asmall amount of water may be admitted into the coil and heated veryquickly. The coil will also aid in heating the contents of the bakingoven.

The top 3 is provided with holes 37 through which air from the rangebeneath is allowed to flow up into the cooker and around the bakingoven. Between the baking oven and the steamer I provide a horizontalpipe 38 having an intake opening 39 in the space between the steamer andbaking oven, and vertical pipes 40 are connected to the ends of the pipe38 and extend up beside the steamer and have discharge openings 41 inthe upper walls of the steamer. I am thus able by closing the register19 to draw the heated air in between the baking oven and the steamer andcause it to flow.

into the opening 39 and up through the pipes 40 to the dischargeopening.

This cooker may be removably mounted on the range or may be permanentlyattached thereto, as desired.

I claim as my invention:

1. The combination, with a gas range having a burner and a top providedwith an opening over said burner, of a cooker adapted to rest upon saidtop over said opening, a steaming oven provided within said cooker andhaving a water tank and a draw-off faucet, a coil provided in saidopening over said burner, supply and return pipes leading therefrom tosaid water tank, a valve provided in the supply pipe from said tank tosaid coil, and a faucet provided in the hot water return pipe from saidcoil to said tank, whereby a supply of hot water may be obtaineddirectly from said coil, substantially as described.

2. The combination, with a range having a burner and atop above saidburner provided with ports for the passage of air, a cooker adapted torest on said top, baking and steaming ovens provided in said cooker andspaced from the walls thereof, and the upper portion of said baking ovenbeing spaced from the lower portion of said steaming oven, a horizontalpipe provided within the space between said ovens and having a cen-.

tral intake opening and pipes communicating with said horizontal pipeand extending vertically in the space between said ovens and the wallsof said cooker and having discharge openings at their upper ends throughthe wall of said cooker, and said cooker having a closable top and theair passing up through the openings in. said range top being drawn inover and around the top of said baking oven to the inlet opening in saidhorizontal pipe, whereby a more complete circulation and distribution ofair over and around said oven will be obtained, substantially asdescribed.

3. A cooker having an opening in its top and means for closing the same,and a baking oven, a steaming oven arranged above the baking oven andspaced therefrom, said steaming oven having a water tank in its lowerportion, and both of said ovens being spaced from the walls of saidcooker, a horizontal pipe provided in the space between said ovens andhaving a centrally arranged intake opening and pipes communicating withthe ends of said horizontal pipe and eX- tending vertically in the spacebetween said ovens and the walls of said cooker and having dischargeopenings through the upper walls of said cooker, and a range having atop provided with air intake openings.

4. In a gas range, the combination, with the outer wall, of a burnerprovided in the upper portion of said range, a broiling oven arrangedbelow said burner and spaced from the walls of said range, a floorprovided with in said range and on which said oven is supported, saidrange having air intake openings in its walls below said floor, and saidfloor having perforations communicating with said air intake openingsand with the space between said range wall and said broiler, the lowerwalls of said broiler having perforations leading from the interiorthereof to the space between said broiler and range wall, whereby acirculation of air will be established through and around said broileroven, substantially as described.

5. A cooker, having a closable top, a baking oven, a steaming ovenarranged above said baking oven, and spaced therefrom, said. steamingoven having a water tank in its lower portion and both of said ovensbeing spaced from the walls of said cooker pipes extending vertically inthe space between said oven in the wall of said cooker and havingdischarge openings through the upper walls of said cooker and a rangehaving a top provided with air intake openings.

6. A cooker, having a closable top, a baking oven, a steaming ovenarranged above said baking oven and spaced therefrom, said steaming ovenhaving a water tank in its lower portion, and both of said ovens beingspaced from the walls of said cooker, a range having a burner, a coillocated above said burner and pipes leading from said coil upwardly intosaid water tank, substantially as described.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this 28th day ofDecember, 1907.

HARRY B. CORNISH.

J. B. BYINGTON, C. G. HANSON.

